Case Study

O’BrienFine Foods

e. hello@novi.ie t. +353 (0) 1 621 8633 novi.ie

Cyber Security and Proactive IT

IT Managed Services

Novi enhances security and mobile

working for O’Brien Fine Foods

Background

O’Brien Fine Foods is a family-run food company that

specialises in supplying meat and breakfast products to

the Irish and UK markets. A primary supplier of high

quality meat products, the company is best known for its

Brady Family and Homebird brands.

Founded in Timahoe in Co. Kildare in 2000, following the

purchase of the Brady Family brand from founders Ossie

and Mary Brady, O’Brien Fine Foods now employs over

400 people across its three sites in Kildare, O�aly and

Meath. Having undergone steady growth in the past

number of years, the company carried out a €14 million,

8,000sqm expansion at its Timahoe headquarters in 2016.

It maintains close ties to local communities at all of its

facilities, and is a major local employer across three

counties.

The challenge

To meet customer demand, O’Brien Fine Foods operates

a 24-hour production environment, which requires

‘always-on’ IT systems capable of providing constant

access to critical business applications and data.

Following the company’s expansion, the IT infrastructure

came under increased strain, due in part to the

introduction of increased numbers of IOT devices such as

electronic scales, ovens, and temperature gauges. To

meet production quotas, O’Brien Fine Foods needs to

maintain a high-performance and reliable infrastructure,

with automatic failover built into all aspects of the design,

should something go wrong.

As well as this, the food business is an industry of rapid

development, with new machinery and production

methods constantly being introduced. For this reason,

O’Brien Fine Foods needed an infrastructure with the

bandwidth to accommodate sudden developments and

changes. The company also wanted to provide employees

with the ability to work e�ectively from anywhere in the

facility, while prioritising network security, and it was with

these requirements in mind that it approached Novi.

The solution

Having assessed O’Brien Fine Foods’ specific needs, Novi

devised and implemented an all-new infrastructure with

performance, security and high availability in mind across

the design.

With more and more connected devices in circulation in

the production environment, security was a main concern

for O’Brien Fine Foods during the course of this project.

The spread of cybercrime coupled with the proliferation

of mobile devices means that it’s no longer the case that

everything inside the perimeter firewall is safe. Now,

internal systems need to be protected from one another.

As well as this, the majority of IOT devices are not

designed with security front of mind. This allows hackers

to deploy exploits to take advantage devices that are

poorly maintained or patched and infiltrate the network.

Modern network design is about starting from the

mindset that every device is an untrusted device, and

then implementing the necessary measures to protect the

company’s interests.

For this purpose, Novi deployed a high-performance

Fortinet Firewall cluster that enables segmentation of the

internal network into secure virtual LANs (VLANs) to

ensure that core production systems remain securely

isolated from wireless devices and o�ce equipment.

Novi also deployed perimeter firewalls that incorporate

two-factor authentication to maximise security. Along

with the firewalls at the core, this setup provides O’Brien

Fine Foods with complete control over its wireless

infrastructure, allowing the company to monitor access

at a granular level, by user or device type. This also allows

the company to easily restrict access in the event that

suspicious activity is noticed on the network.

O’Brien Fine Foods also required access to reliable and

secure wireless infrastructure both in o�ce and

production locations. This needed to be capable of

dealing with controllable guest access and

resource-intensive o�ce and production applications,

while also providing the requisite restrictions and

controls, and all without impacting productivity or

network performance.

To address requirements and deliver increased

performance and reliability, Novi updated the company’s

network, deploying a new HPE 10G backbone that

provides 1GB Wi-Fi across O’Brien Fine Foods’ entire

facility. Finally, Novi employed HPE and Microsoft

technologies to virtualise servers and storage clusters of

both o�ce and production systems. This distributed

design provides O’Brien Fine Foods with systems that are

highly-available right across the business campus.

The benefitsWhen undertaking this project, Novi focused on

implementing IT solutions that are integral to creating

a high-performance business.

The new wireless infrastructure implemented by Novi

is a prime example of this, as it has enabled employees of

O’Brien Fine Foods to truly embrace mobile working for

the first time. Since the company only maintains PCs in

key areas, this has proven to be a significant benefit to

employees.

One key feature of the increased network speed is that

O’Brien Fine Foods can now provide Wi-Fi access to both

sta� and visitors without any drop in network

performance. This tra�c is kept separate from the

corporate network and so security remains paramount.

This upgrade has significantly enhanced the experience

for both sta� and visitors to the facility.

As well as this, the new network has been designed with

security, performance and reliability in mind, protecting

O’Brien Fine Foods’ production processes and enabling

the company to maintain its intensive 24 hour production

process. The extra speed and security provides scalability,

allowing the infrastructure to grow with the company as

it continues to expand.

According to Enda Du�y, IT manager for O’Brien Fine

Foods, the project has provided the company with an

infrastructure that o�ers increased performance and

reliability, while maintaining the highest level of security.

It has also increased flexibility when compared to before.

Greater network speeds mean that employees can now

work e�ciently and e�ectively from anywhere in the

facility from either their laptops or their mobile devices.

Continued supportFollowing the installation process, Novi continues to

provide O’Brien Fine Foods with proactive support to

ensure that the new network infrastructure continues to

perform at an optimum level. Novi’s flexible managed

security service helps businesses to protect their data

from constantly evolving threats.

Part of this service includes the provision of scheduled

daily and weekly reports outlining system up time and

any outages, critical events, disk usage, backup status,

and a range of other useful information. Novi has

identified that tailored reports and predictive analytics

help to identify potential issues before they cause major

problems. This structured model removes complexity and

allows O’Brien Fine Foods to focus on its core business.

The resulting increase in network speed has enabled the

company to embrace mobile working, while the ability to

segment the internal network will help it to protect

critical business systems from the spread of malware or

malicious code that might find its way onto a laptop in

the work environment.

O’Brien Fine Foods now has a reliable and

high-performance infrastructure that will enable the

company to continue to grow as it strives to meet

increasing customer demand, and the company is already

seeing the benefits of the new infrastructure.

About Novi

Novi is a proactive managed service provider that is

passionate about helping customers grow through better,

secure and more reliable IT. Its consistent proactivity and

highly structured support systems reduce IT risks and

burden, helping customers to grow faster. Through

regular, scheduled onsite visits, coupled with proactive

24/7 network monitoring and sophisticated data

analytics, Novi detects issues before they become a

problem, reducing unplanned system outages by a

massive 70%. www.novi.ie

About O’Brien Fine Foods

O’Brien Fine Foods is one of Ireland’s leading producers

of cooked meats products including the Brady Family and

Homebird brands. Owned by the O’Brien family since

2000 and operating from two dedicated facilities in

Timahoe, Co Kildare and Rathcairn, Co Meath, O’Brien

Fine Foods currently supplies branded and own label

products to all major multiples, discounters and

convenience groups in Ireland. O’Brien Fine Foods

employs a total of 395 people between its facilities in

Timahoe and Rathcairn. www.obrienfinefoods.ie

e. hello@novi.ie t. +353 (0) 1 621 8633 novi.ieCyber Security and Proactive IT

Background

O’Brien Fine Foods is a family-run food company that

specialises in supplying meat and breakfast products to

the Irish and UK markets. A primary supplier of high

quality meat products, the company is best known for its

Brady Family and Homebird brands.

Founded in Timahoe in Co. Kildare in 2000, following the

purchase of the Brady Family brand from founders Ossie

and Mary Brady, O’Brien Fine Foods now employs over

400 people across its three sites in Kildare, O�aly and

Meath. Having undergone steady growth in the past

number of years, the company carried out a €14 million,

8,000sqm expansion at its Timahoe headquarters in 2016.

It maintains close ties to local communities at all of its

facilities, and is a major local employer across three

counties.

The challenge

To meet customer demand, O’Brien Fine Foods operates

a 24-hour production environment, which requires

‘always-on’ IT systems capable of providing constant

access to critical business applications and data.

Following the company’s expansion, the IT infrastructure

came under increased strain, due in part to the

introduction of increased numbers of IOT devices such as

electronic scales, ovens, and temperature gauges. To

meet production quotas, O’Brien Fine Foods needs to

maintain a high-performance and reliable infrastructure,

with automatic failover built into all aspects of the design,

should something go wrong.

As well as this, the food business is an industry of rapid

development, with new machinery and production

methods constantly being introduced. For this reason,

O’Brien Fine Foods needed an infrastructure with the

bandwidth to accommodate sudden developments and

changes. The company also wanted to provide employees

with the ability to work e�ectively from anywhere in the

facility, while prioritising network security, and it was with

these requirements in mind that it approached Novi.

The solution

Having assessed O’Brien Fine Foods’ specific needs, Novi

devised and implemented an all-new infrastructure with

performance, security and high availability in mind across

the design.

With more and more connected devices in circulation in

the production environment, security was a main concern

for O’Brien Fine Foods during the course of this project.

The spread of cybercrime coupled with the proliferation

of mobile devices means that it’s no longer the case that

everything inside the perimeter firewall is safe. Now,

internal systems need to be protected from one another.

As well as this, the majority of IOT devices are not

designed with security front of mind. This allows hackers

to deploy exploits to take advantage devices that are

poorly maintained or patched and infiltrate the network.

Modern network design is about starting from the

mindset that every device is an untrusted device, and

then implementing the necessary measures to protect the

company’s interests.

For this purpose, Novi deployed a high-performance

Fortinet Firewall cluster that enables segmentation of the

internal network into secure virtual LANs (VLANs) to

ensure that core production systems remain securely

isolated from wireless devices and o�ce equipment.

Novi also deployed perimeter firewalls that incorporate

two-factor authentication to maximise security. Along

with the firewalls at the core, this setup provides O’Brien

Fine Foods with complete control over its wireless

infrastructure, allowing the company to monitor access

at a granular level, by user or device type. This also allows

the company to easily restrict access in the event that

suspicious activity is noticed on the network.

O’Brien Fine Foods also required access to reliable and

secure wireless infrastructure both in o�ce and

production locations. This needed to be capable of

dealing with controllable guest access and

resource-intensive o�ce and production applications,

while also providing the requisite restrictions and

controls, and all without impacting productivity or

network performance.

To address requirements and deliver increased

performance and reliability, Novi updated the company’s

network, deploying a new HPE 10G backbone that

provides 1GB Wi-Fi across O’Brien Fine Foods’ entire

facility. Finally, Novi employed HPE and Microsoft

technologies to virtualise servers and storage clusters of

both o�ce and production systems. This distributed

design provides O’Brien Fine Foods with systems that are

highly-available right across the business campus.

The benefitsWhen undertaking this project, Novi focused on

implementing IT solutions that are integral to creating

a high-performance business.

The new wireless infrastructure implemented by Novi

is a prime example of this, as it has enabled employees of

O’Brien Fine Foods to truly embrace mobile working for

the first time. Since the company only maintains PCs in

key areas, this has proven to be a significant benefit to

employees.

One key feature of the increased network speed is that

O’Brien Fine Foods can now provide Wi-Fi access to both

sta� and visitors without any drop in network

performance. This tra�c is kept separate from the

corporate network and so security remains paramount.

This upgrade has significantly enhanced the experience

for both sta� and visitors to the facility.

As well as this, the new network has been designed with

security, performance and reliability in mind, protecting

O’Brien Fine Foods’ production processes and enabling

the company to maintain its intensive 24 hour production

process. The extra speed and security provides scalability,

allowing the infrastructure to grow with the company as

it continues to expand.

According to Enda Du�y, IT manager for O’Brien Fine

Foods, the project has provided the company with an

infrastructure that o�ers increased performance and

reliability, while maintaining the highest level of security.

It has also increased flexibility when compared to before.

Greater network speeds mean that employees can now

work e�ciently and e�ectively from anywhere in the

facility from either their laptops or their mobile devices.

Continued supportFollowing the installation process, Novi continues to

provide O’Brien Fine Foods with proactive support to

ensure that the new network infrastructure continues to

perform at an optimum level. Novi’s flexible managed

security service helps businesses to protect their data

from constantly evolving threats.

Part of this service includes the provision of scheduled

daily and weekly reports outlining system up time and

any outages, critical events, disk usage, backup status,

and a range of other useful information. Novi has

identified that tailored reports and predictive analytics

help to identify potential issues before they cause major

problems. This structured model removes complexity and

allows O’Brien Fine Foods to focus on its core business.

Why Novi• Passion for helping customers grow through

better IT

• Proactive service model

• Flexible managed security o�ering

The Features• All-new infrastructure

• Performance and high availability

• Mobile working for all employees

• Highest security

Novi enhances security and mobile working for O’Brien Fine Foods

The Benefits• Mobile working

• Increased network speed

• Performance and reliability

• Extra speed and security

The resulting increase in network speed has enabled the

company to embrace mobile working, while the ability to

segment the internal network will help it to protect

critical business systems from the spread of malware or

malicious code that might find its way onto a laptop in

the work environment.

O’Brien Fine Foods now has a reliable and

high-performance infrastructure that will enable the

company to continue to grow as it strives to meet

increasing customer demand, and the company is already

seeing the benefits of the new infrastructure.

About Novi

Novi is a proactive managed service provider that is

passionate about helping customers grow through better,

secure and more reliable IT. Its consistent proactivity and

highly structured support systems reduce IT risks and

burden, helping customers to grow faster. Through

regular, scheduled onsite visits, coupled with proactive

24/7 network monitoring and sophisticated data

analytics, Novi detects issues before they become a

problem, reducing unplanned system outages by a

massive 70%. www.novi.ie

About O’Brien Fine Foods

O’Brien Fine Foods is one of Ireland’s leading producers

of cooked meats products including the Brady Family and

Homebird brands. Owned by the O’Brien family since

2000 and operating from two dedicated facilities in

Timahoe, Co Kildare and Rathcairn, Co Meath, O’Brien

Fine Foods currently supplies branded and own label

products to all major multiples, discounters and

convenience groups in Ireland. O’Brien Fine Foods

employs a total of 395 people between its facilities in

Timahoe and Rathcairn. www.obrienfinefoods.ie

e. hello@novi.ie t. +353 (0) 1 621 8633 novi.ieCyber Security and Proactive IT

Background

O’Brien Fine Foods is a family-run food company that

specialises in supplying meat and breakfast products to

the Irish and UK markets. A primary supplier of high

quality meat products, the company is best known for its

Brady Family and Homebird brands.

Founded in Timahoe in Co. Kildare in 2000, following the

purchase of the Brady Family brand from founders Ossie

and Mary Brady, O’Brien Fine Foods now employs over

400 people across its three sites in Kildare, O�aly and

Meath. Having undergone steady growth in the past

number of years, the company carried out a €14 million,

8,000sqm expansion at its Timahoe headquarters in 2016.

It maintains close ties to local communities at all of its

facilities, and is a major local employer across three

counties.

The challenge

To meet customer demand, O’Brien Fine Foods operates

a 24-hour production environment, which requires

‘always-on’ IT systems capable of providing constant

access to critical business applications and data.

Following the company’s expansion, the IT infrastructure

came under increased strain, due in part to the

introduction of increased numbers of IOT devices such as

electronic scales, ovens, and temperature gauges. To

meet production quotas, O’Brien Fine Foods needs to

maintain a high-performance and reliable infrastructure,

with automatic failover built into all aspects of the design,

should something go wrong.

As well as this, the food business is an industry of rapid

development, with new machinery and production

methods constantly being introduced. For this reason,

O’Brien Fine Foods needed an infrastructure with the

bandwidth to accommodate sudden developments and

changes. The company also wanted to provide employees

with the ability to work e�ectively from anywhere in the

facility, while prioritising network security, and it was with

these requirements in mind that it approached Novi.

The solution

Having assessed O’Brien Fine Foods’ specific needs, Novi

devised and implemented an all-new infrastructure with

performance, security and high availability in mind across

the design.

With more and more connected devices in circulation in

the production environment, security was a main concern

for O’Brien Fine Foods during the course of this project.

The spread of cybercrime coupled with the proliferation

of mobile devices means that it’s no longer the case that

everything inside the perimeter firewall is safe. Now,

internal systems need to be protected from one another.

As well as this, the majority of IOT devices are not

designed with security front of mind. This allows hackers

to deploy exploits to take advantage devices that are

poorly maintained or patched and infiltrate the network.

Modern network design is about starting from the

mindset that every device is an untrusted device, and

then implementing the necessary measures to protect the

company’s interests.

For this purpose, Novi deployed a high-performance

Fortinet Firewall cluster that enables segmentation of the

internal network into secure virtual LANs (VLANs) to

ensure that core production systems remain securely

isolated from wireless devices and o�ce equipment.

Novi also deployed perimeter firewalls that incorporate

two-factor authentication to maximise security. Along

with the firewalls at the core, this setup provides O’Brien

Fine Foods with complete control over its wireless

infrastructure, allowing the company to monitor access

at a granular level, by user or device type. This also allows

the company to easily restrict access in the event that

suspicious activity is noticed on the network.

O’Brien Fine Foods also required access to reliable and

secure wireless infrastructure both in o�ce and

production locations. This needed to be capable of

dealing with controllable guest access and

resource-intensive o�ce and production applications,

while also providing the requisite restrictions and

controls, and all without impacting productivity or

network performance.

To address requirements and deliver increased

performance and reliability, Novi updated the company’s

network, deploying a new HPE 10G backbone that

provides 1GB Wi-Fi across O’Brien Fine Foods’ entire

facility. Finally, Novi employed HPE and Microsoft

technologies to virtualise servers and storage clusters of

both o�ce and production systems. This distributed

design provides O’Brien Fine Foods with systems that are

highly-available right across the business campus.

The benefitsWhen undertaking this project, Novi focused on

implementing IT solutions that are integral to creating

a high-performance business.

The new wireless infrastructure implemented by Novi

is a prime example of this, as it has enabled employees of

O’Brien Fine Foods to truly embrace mobile working for

the first time. Since the company only maintains PCs in

key areas, this has proven to be a significant benefit to

employees.

One key feature of the increased network speed is that

O’Brien Fine Foods can now provide Wi-Fi access to both

sta� and visitors without any drop in network

performance. This tra�c is kept separate from the

corporate network and so security remains paramount.

This upgrade has significantly enhanced the experience

for both sta� and visitors to the facility.

As well as this, the new network has been designed with

security, performance and reliability in mind, protecting

O’Brien Fine Foods’ production processes and enabling

the company to maintain its intensive 24 hour production

process. The extra speed and security provides scalability,

allowing the infrastructure to grow with the company as

it continues to expand.

According to Enda Du�y, IT manager for O’Brien Fine

Foods, the project has provided the company with an

infrastructure that o�ers increased performance and

reliability, while maintaining the highest level of security.

It has also increased flexibility when compared to before.

Greater network speeds mean that employees can now

work e�ciently and e�ectively from anywhere in the

facility from either their laptops or their mobile devices.

Continued supportFollowing the installation process, Novi continues to

provide O’Brien Fine Foods with proactive support to

ensure that the new network infrastructure continues to

perform at an optimum level. Novi’s flexible managed

security service helps businesses to protect their data

from constantly evolving threats.

Part of this service includes the provision of scheduled

daily and weekly reports outlining system up time and

any outages, critical events, disk usage, backup status,

and a range of other useful information. Novi has

identified that tailored reports and predictive analytics

help to identify potential issues before they cause major

problems. This structured model removes complexity and

allows O’Brien Fine Foods to focus on its core business.

Why Novi• Passion for helping customers grow through

better IT

• Proactive service model

• Flexible managed security o�ering

The Features• All-new infrastructure

• Performance and high availability

• Mobile working for all employees

• Highest security

Novi enhances security and mobile working for O’Brien Fine Foods

The Benefits• Mobile working

• Increased network speed

• Performance and reliability

• Extra speed and security

The resulting increase in network speed has enabled the

company to embrace mobile working, while the ability to

segment the internal network will help it to protect

critical business systems from the spread of malware or

malicious code that might find its way onto a laptop in

the work environment.

O’Brien Fine Foods now has a reliable and

high-performance infrastructure that will enable the

company to continue to grow as it strives to meet

increasing customer demand, and the company is already

seeing the benefits of the new infrastructure.

About Novi

Novi is a proactive managed service provider that is

passionate about helping customers grow through better,

secure and more reliable IT. Its consistent proactivity and

highly structured support systems reduce IT risks and

burden, helping customers to grow faster. Through

regular, scheduled onsite visits, coupled with proactive

24/7 network monitoring and sophisticated data

analytics, Novi detects issues before they become a

problem, reducing unplanned system outages by a

massive 70%. www.novi.ie

About O’Brien Fine Foods

O’Brien Fine Foods is one of Ireland’s leading producers

of cooked meats products including the Brady Family and

Homebird brands. Owned by the O’Brien family since

2000 and operating from two dedicated facilities in

Timahoe, Co Kildare and Rathcairn, Co Meath, O’Brien

Fine Foods currently supplies branded and own label

products to all major multiples, discounters and

convenience groups in Ireland. O’Brien Fine Foods

employs a total of 395 people between its facilities in

Timahoe and Rathcairn. www.obrienfinefoods.ie

Case Study

O’BrienFine Foods

e. hello@novi.ie t. +353 (0) 1 621 8633 novi.ie

Cyber Security and Proactive IT

IT Managed Services

Novi enhances security and mobile

working for O’Brien Fine Foods

Background

O’Brien Fine Foods is a family-run food company that

specialises in supplying meat and breakfast products to

the Irish and UK markets. A primary supplier of high

quality meat products, the company is best known for its

Brady Family and Homebird brands.

Founded in Timahoe in Co. Kildare in 2000, following the

purchase of the Brady Family brand from founders Ossie

and Mary Brady, O’Brien Fine Foods now employs over

400 people across its three sites in Kildare, O�aly and

Meath. Having undergone steady growth in the past

number of years, the company carried out a €14 million,

8,000sqm expansion at its Timahoe headquarters in 2016.

It maintains close ties to local communities at all of its

facilities, and is a major local employer across three

counties.

The challenge

To meet customer demand, O’Brien Fine Foods operates

a 24-hour production environment, which requires

‘always-on’ IT systems capable of providing constant

access to critical business applications and data.

Following the company’s expansion, the IT infrastructure

came under increased strain, due in part to the

introduction of increased numbers of IOT devices such as

electronic scales, ovens, and temperature gauges. To

meet production quotas, O’Brien Fine Foods needs to

maintain a high-performance and reliable infrastructure,

with automatic failover built into all aspects of the design,

should something go wrong.

As well as this, the food business is an industry of rapid

development, with new machinery and production

methods constantly being introduced. For this reason,

O’Brien Fine Foods needed an infrastructure with the

bandwidth to accommodate sudden developments and

changes. The company also wanted to provide employees

with the ability to work e�ectively from anywhere in the

facility, while prioritising network security, and it was with

these requirements in mind that it approached Novi.

The solution

Having assessed O’Brien Fine Foods’ specific needs, Novi

devised and implemented an all-new infrastructure with

performance, security and high availability in mind across

the design.

With more and more connected devices in circulation in

the production environment, security was a main concern

for O’Brien Fine Foods during the course of this project.

The spread of cybercrime coupled with the proliferation

of mobile devices means that it’s no longer the case that

everything inside the perimeter firewall is safe. Now,

internal systems need to be protected from one another.

As well as this, the majority of IOT devices are not

designed with security front of mind. This allows hackers

to deploy exploits to take advantage devices that are

poorly maintained or patched and infiltrate the network.

Modern network design is about starting from the

mindset that every device is an untrusted device, and

then implementing the necessary measures to protect the

company’s interests.

For this purpose, Novi deployed a high-performance

Fortinet Firewall cluster that enables segmentation of the

internal network into secure virtual LANs (VLANs) to

ensure that core production systems remain securely

isolated from wireless devices and o�ce equipment.

Novi also deployed perimeter firewalls that incorporate

two-factor authentication to maximise security. Along

with the firewalls at the core, this setup provides O’Brien

Fine Foods with complete control over its wireless

infrastructure, allowing the company to monitor access

at a granular level, by user or device type. This also allows

the company to easily restrict access in the event that

suspicious activity is noticed on the network.

O’Brien Fine Foods also required access to reliable and

secure wireless infrastructure both in o�ce and

production locations. This needed to be capable of

dealing with controllable guest access and

resource-intensive o�ce and production applications,

while also providing the requisite restrictions and

controls, and all without impacting productivity or

network performance.

To address requirements and deliver increased

performance and reliability, Novi updated the company’s

network, deploying a new HPE 10G backbone that

provides 1GB Wi-Fi across O’Brien Fine Foods’ entire

facility. Finally, Novi employed HPE and Microsoft

technologies to virtualise servers and storage clusters of

both o�ce and production systems. This distributed

design provides O’Brien Fine Foods with systems that are

highly-available right across the business campus.

The benefitsWhen undertaking this project, Novi focused on

implementing IT solutions that are integral to creating

a high-performance business.

The new wireless infrastructure implemented by Novi

is a prime example of this, as it has enabled employees of

O’Brien Fine Foods to truly embrace mobile working for

the first time. Since the company only maintains PCs in

key areas, this has proven to be a significant benefit to

employees.

One key feature of the increased network speed is that

O’Brien Fine Foods can now provide Wi-Fi access to both

sta� and visitors without any drop in network

performance. This tra�c is kept separate from the

corporate network and so security remains paramount.

This upgrade has significantly enhanced the experience

for both sta� and visitors to the facility.

As well as this, the new network has been designed with

security, performance and reliability in mind, protecting

O’Brien Fine Foods’ production processes and enabling

the company to maintain its intensive 24 hour production

process. The extra speed and security provides scalability,

allowing the infrastructure to grow with the company as

it continues to expand.

According to Enda Du�y, IT manager for O’Brien Fine

Foods, the project has provided the company with an

infrastructure that o�ers increased performance and

reliability, while maintaining the highest level of security.

It has also increased flexibility when compared to before.

Greater network speeds mean that employees can now

work e�ciently and e�ectively from anywhere in the

facility from either their laptops or their mobile devices.

Continued supportFollowing the installation process, Novi continues to

provide O’Brien Fine Foods with proactive support to

ensure that the new network infrastructure continues to

perform at an optimum level. Novi’s flexible managed

security service helps businesses to protect their data

from constantly evolving threats.

Part of this service includes the provision of scheduled

daily and weekly reports outlining system up time and

any outages, critical events, disk usage, backup status,

and a range of other useful information. Novi has

identified that tailored reports and predictive analytics

help to identify potential issues before they cause major

problems. This structured model removes complexity and

allows O’Brien Fine Foods to focus on its core business.

The resulting increase in network speed has enabled the

company to embrace mobile working, while the ability to

segment the internal network will help it to protect

critical business systems from the spread of malware or

malicious code that might find its way onto a laptop in

the work environment.

O’Brien Fine Foods now has a reliable and

high-performance infrastructure that will enable the

company to continue to grow as it strives to meet

increasing customer demand, and the company is already

seeing the benefits of the new infrastructure.

About Novi

Novi is a proactive managed service provider that is

passionate about helping customers grow through better,

secure and more reliable IT. Its consistent proactivity and

highly structured support systems reduce IT risks and

burden, helping customers to grow faster. Through

regular, scheduled onsite visits, coupled with proactive

24/7 network monitoring and sophisticated data

analytics, Novi detects issues before they become a

problem, reducing unplanned system outages by a

massive 70%. www.novi.ie

About O’Brien Fine Foods

O’Brien Fine Foods is one of Ireland’s leading producers

of cooked meats products including the Brady Family and

Homebird brands. Owned by the O’Brien family since

2000 and operating from two dedicated facilities in

Timahoe, Co Kildare and Rathcairn, Co Meath, O’Brien

Fine Foods currently supplies branded and own label

products to all major multiples, discounters and

convenience groups in Ireland. O’Brien Fine Foods

employs a total of 395 people between its facilities in

Timahoe and Rathcairn. www.obrienfinefoods.ie